Linguistics

Linguistics

The scientific study of human language.

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Linguistics

According to evolutionary psychologist Merlin Donald , a form of cognitive representation that was crucial to the development of the cognitively modern mind, and advanced symbolic abilities such as ...

Mode

Language; Linguistics

One of the four schematic categories in the perspectival system. This category relates to whether a perspective point is in motion or not. This interacts with distance, where 'distal' tends to ...

Motivation

Language; Linguistics

Relates to relationships between constructions in construction grammar (2). Specifically, motivation concerns the degree to which the properties of a given construction (1) are predictable with ...

Scaling

Language; Linguistics

In blending theory, a kind of compression in which a vital relation holding between input spaces (an outer-space relation ) gives rise to reduced complexity in the blended space. Specifically, ...

Role-value readings

Language; Linguistics

The observation in mental spaces theory that ambiguities which arise in noun phrases (NPs) with definite reference are due to the NP possessing two possible readings: one relating to a role and one ...

Salient examples

Language; Linguistics

A kind of metonymic ICM. Memorable or salient examples belonging to a particular category give rise to this type of ICM. For instance, Oxford University is a salient example of a university, in part ...

Role reversal imitation

Language; Linguistics

The third aspect of the human intention-reading ability, central to first language acquisition. Infants who understand that people manifest intentional behaviour may attend to and learn (by ...